different between asshelmet vs assclown

English

Etymology

ass +? clown

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?æs?kla?n/

Noun

assclown (plural assclowns)

1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) A jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.
2. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) A jerk; a buffoon; a person who uses his/her nature to bring humor to others, but ends up being the butt of a joke.
   • 2006, Brad Bauer, Hitting in the Clutch, iUniverse (2006), ?ISBN, page 141:

     I'm a little loaded, and this assclown behind me has bumped me four times in a row.

   • 2006, Megan McCafferty, Charmed Thirds, Three Rivers Press (2006), ?ISBN, page 261:

     "Pretentious, ambitionless assclown," I corrected.

   • 2012, Jef With One F, "5 Horrible Lessons Ender's Game Teaches Kids", Houston Press, 19 June 2012:

     Card is a raging homophobic assclown who believes that America should rise up violently and overthrow the government for any hint of support of same-sex marriage.

Derived terms

• assclownery

See also

• asshat

Anagrams

• Clawsons